As some of you know, I am a flight instructor (and flight training coordinator) for our club. I currently have a student that has a problem I've never seen, and I'm not quite sure how to approach the issue most effectively. The student in question actually has a habit of moving the sticks not enough - he's timid. I've worked with countless students that move the controls too much and have helped them remedy their issue with success, but never this. What teaching techniques do you use with a student that has this tendancy?

I must add that he *is* making good progress in his training with me, but this issue just doesn't seem to go away for good. It seems that when I help him solve this problem it always comes back the next time I see him. He does have a simulator and practices with it. I think this may be part of the problem. He goes back home and practices by himself, thereby ingraining this bad habit all over again. I think I may start suggesting he not use the simulator between practice sessions. I am hesitant to do this since he does use the simulator as a training aid and not a game. I think it's one of those subconscious things that he doesn't realize he's doing unless he has somebody with experience there telling him he's doing it. What do you think?